Teeter car



Aug. 31, 1926.

1,598,431 E. A. FOSTER TEETER CAR Filed Oct. 2 2 Sheds-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 31, 1922 53.

EPHRIAM A. FOSTER, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

TEETER CAR.

Application filed October 21, 1925.

This invention relates to an improvement in teeter-cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a teeter-car or small wagon to be used for the enjoyment of children.

A still further object of this invention is to provide such a vehicle with a spring-board seat which is moved vertically in a swinging motion during the longitudinal movement of the car or wagon, so as to give a seesaw action to the seat, and to move the child up and down with such seesaw action.

My invention comprises a small wagon made very similar to the ordinary child s wagon, but it may be from six to twelve feet long; and such a wagon is provided with a pivoted or swinging seat-board which is connected by means of a link with a crank which is formed in the axle or axles of the car in order to move one or both ends of the board in a swinging upward movement. Suitable means may also be provided for guiding the car, if desired. Thus when the children are seatedon the swingingboard or seat, they are moved up and down in a seesaw action by and during the movement of the car over the ground or floor.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section of one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View thereof;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation, partly in section of a modified form of my invention;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same; and

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of still another form of my invention.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the wheels 1 are affixed to the axles 2 of the car, which axles are mounted in bearings in the braces 3 which support the body 4 of the car. This body may or may not be provided with side-boards as desired, but the bottom 5 thereof has provided thereon (substantially equidistant from its ends) the supports 6 for the swinging board 7 the latter being pivoted to the supports as at 8. Links 9 are pivoted to the outer ends of the swinging-board 7, as at 10, and the lower ends of these links are pivoted on the cranks 11. formed in the axles 2. The links 9 extend through the elongated slots 12 in the bottom of the body 4:, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

A suitable steering-rod or loop 13 is con- Serial No. 63,870.

nected with the front axle 2, and extends around the front of the body 4, and over the front end of the swinging-board 7, so that the car may be guided by a child riding on the front end of this board.

Railings 14 are provided on each side of the swinging plank 7, as shown in Fig. 2, for preventing a very small child from falling off; and suitable handles 15 may also he provided adjacent the ends of the board for the same purpose.

The form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is in the nature of a spring-board, in which only one end of the spring-board 16 is allowed to swing, the opposite end thereof being secured in a fixed position at 17 to the bottom plate 18 of the body. The swinging end of with a substantially V-shaped swinging' brace 20, which extends above the transverse brace 21 forming a fifth wheel for allowing the front wheels 1 to be turned for guiding the car. A suitable steeringyoke 22 is connected with the front axle for turning and steering the same.

The form of car shown in Fig. 6 differs from that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, merely in the provision of two swinging-boards 23 instead of one, as shown in said figures; and these swinging boards 23 shown in Fig. 6 move in opposite directions, so that the end of one will be up while the corresponding end of the other will be down. To accomplish this, it will be noted that the cranks 24 formed on the axles 2 are bent in opposite directions from each other in order to guide the links 9 in their proper relation.

As the ear is pushed over the ground or floor upon which it is operated, it will be noted that motion is applied to the axles 2 and the crank-arms 11 formed thereon from the wheels 1, which crank-arms move the links 9 upward and downward in a reciprocating movement which gives a rocking movement to the ends of the swingingboards upon which the children are riding. Thus as the car is moved over the surface, the children riding thereon are given a seesaw or spring-board motion, much to their delight. Any suitable steering-gear may be provided for guiding the car, if it is desired.

1 claim:

1. A vehicle of the character described including a supporting frame, a swinging board pivotally mounted thereon, axles for supporting the front and rear of said frame, uneels mounted on the axles, the opposite ends of the swinging board being freely swinging and entirely disconnected from the frame, and means connecting: both of th opposite of the stinging hoard witn the axles, each thereof with a COllQSPOhdPT axle, for ii'nparting an up and down movement thereto by the propelling of the rehicle.

A vehicle of the character described iii-- eluding a supporting frame, a swinging? heard having one enc thereof fixed to said heme and having the opposite end thereoentirelj; disconnected th refroni, and in connected with said last-mentioned end in'iparting' an up and down movement the, to bvthe pr p ling of the veh' A vehicle or the clniraeter ClEfSt eluding a supporting frame, axles porting the front and rear of. frainc, wheels mounted on the opposite ends of said axles, a swinging hoard having one end thereof fixed to the front end said frame and having the opposite. end thereof entirely disconnected therefrom, and means connectfor suping the rear axles with said last-mentioned end for imparting an up and down movement thereto by the propelling of the vehicle.

A vehicle of the character described including a supporting frame, supporting wheels and axles for the frame, a swinging heard mounted on the frame, and a guiding loop connected with at least one of the axles and extending into close proximit; with the swinging board for turning said axle to guide thevehicle. I V

5. A vehicle of the *haracter (ilescrioed including a supporting frame, a swinging hoard mounted on the frame, front and rear axles and wh e and a loop pirotally connected with at least one of the axles and extending into close proximity iith the swinging board for turning said :2 or) guide the vehicle.

A vehicle of the character described including; supporting frame, front and rear axles and wheels for supporting said frame, a swinging h- 1rd mounted on said frame, and a loop piror lly connected with the front le and ext over and in close proxi. t to the f ringing board for turning said front axle to uide the vehicle.

in testimony whereof I aliix my signatnre.

EPHRIAh l A. FOSTER.

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